Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business : Challenges and Opportunities

Attaran, Mohsen

ISBN 10: 3030277976 / ISBN 13: 9783030277970

Published by Springer 2019-10, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Applications of Blockchain Technology in Business : Challenges and Opportunities
• Publisher: Springer 2019-10
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030277976
• ISBN 13: 9783030277970
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The book discusses the various ways that blockchain technology is changing the future of money, transactions, government, and business. The first two chapters walk through the foundation of blockchain. Chapters 3–12 look at applications of blockchain in different industries and highlight its exciting new business applications. It show why so many companies are implementing blockchain, and present examples of companies who have successfully employed the technology to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Chapter 13 highlights blockchain’s powerful potential to foster emerging markets and economies including smart cities, value-based healthcare, decentralized sharing economy, machine to machine transactions, data-sharing marketplace, etc. Chapter 14 offers a conceptual model, provides information and insights, and covers a step-by-step approach to plan and develop blockchain-based technology.

About the Author

Mohsen Attaran is the 2004–2005 Millie Ablin Outstanding Professor of Management at the California State University, Bakersfield. He is Founder and President of IES, Inc., a web and mobile app development company and has founded, launched, and managed several businesses in his career in a variety of technological fields. 

Angappa Gunasekaran is Dean and a professor at the School of Business and Public Administration, California State University, Bakersfield. He has organized several international workshops and conferences in the emerging areas of operations management and information systems.